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Re: pic: Al Kills Analog

Great photo Al.

Sad in some ways, but exciting in others. NTSC (the old analog standard for color video - stands for "Never Twice the Same Color") has served us well, but it's a bandwidth hog and has some technical shortcomings. ATSC (the new digital standard) is as slick as it could be (considering it was designed by committee, in the 1990's).

My only despair is that I can no longer demodulate video with a diode. Never needed to, though

I will now re-purpose all my analog TVs to Amateur Fast-Scan TV, which usesd NTSC and can be found around UHF Channel 60 or so. Boy, those ham radio guys are into everything, eh?
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